Abstract: This paper considers the quantification of system reliability in scenarios in which data, that is, failures or the absence of failures, occurring from the system’s use over time, are considered surprising from the perspective ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new strategy to improve the reliability of phased mission systems (PMS), namely, by swapping of components. In the proposed strategy, when a component fails, it can be swapped by another one in the ...

Abstract: Our modern life has grown to depend on many and nearly ubiquitous large complex engineering systems, such as tunnels, gas/oil pipelines, geotechnical infrastructures, etc. All of these are the backbones of our modern ...